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18 June 2012
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Small-scale producers still need support in the consolidated text The power of local action Building knowledge systems for agriculture Knowledge is power for smallholder farmers What is sustainable agriculture? Food and nutrition security, health and gender equality: Partnerships for climate-resilient sustainable development The vital role of agroforestry for a sustainable future Gender equality and womens empowerment for sustainable development UN Women at Rio+20 Ideas for how to reverse the failings of the global food system NGO Major Group Clusters: priorities and demands for a successful Rio+20 outcome Sustainable Development Dialogues, 16th June: Sustainable development for fighting poverty Sustainable Development Dialogues, 17th June: The economics of sustainable development, including sustainable patterns of production and consumption and Sustainable Development Dialogues, 17th June: Forests ECO corner: New text is a green light for fossil fuels Rio+20 Side Event Calendar Reflections on the negotiations - Sunday 17th June
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CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
Daniel Hale Brittany Laidlaw Carlo Petrini Phil Dobie Robynne Anderson
Progressio Major Group for Children and Youth Slow Food International Stakeholder Forum World Farmers Organisation
John Hontelez Victoria Johnson Cristina Tirado Ceclia Schubert Rishikesh Bhandary UNDP Equator Initiative
Forest Stewardship Council nef Public Health Institute Coalition for a Competitive Food & Agricultural System Tufts University
If you are interested in contributing to Outreach, please contact the team (gmacdonald@stakeholderforum.org or acutter@stakeholderforum.org) You can also follow us on Twitter: @Earthsummit2012 Outreach is now available on iPad : www.issuu.com/outreachlive
Dr Daniel Hale is Progressios Head of Campaigns, and leads Progressios delegation at Rio+20. To meet Derek Kim, a Progressio development worker with the Yemeni National Water Resources Authority, email lis@progressio.org.uk For more about Progressio, check out www.progressio.org.uk
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These four groups illuminate the issues being negotiated at Rio+20. They provide rare good news stories among the doom-and-gloom forecasts and, more fundamentally, they show us the true meaning of sustainable development. These inspiring examples of local action will be honored at the Equator Prize 2012 Award Ceremony at Vivo Rio (Downtown Rio de Janeiro) on Wednesday June 20th. To attend the event, which will be hosted by Gilberto Gil and UNDP Administrator Helen Clark, register at
www.equator2012.eventbrite.com.
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Instead of lasting only a few years, extension services must develop into sustainable, long-term institutional projects in the wider area. Progress cannot be made until well after initial information dispersion, and all sectors in the community (public, private, nongovernmental and farmers organisations) play a role in ensuring that rural advisory services serve agriculture and farmers as intended.
1. Focusing on best-fit approaches; 2. Embracing pluralism; 3. Using participatory approaches; 4. Developing capacity; and 5. Ensuring long-term institutional support.
Together, these would enable knowledge-based agricultural infrastructure to continually adapt.
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What is sustainable agriculture? What does it mean for food security, and how have delegates missed the mark on marrying the two terms?
The Major Group for Children and Youth (MGCY) strongly believes that sustainable agriculture means the successful management of resources to satisfy changing human needs, while maintaining the quality of the environment and conserving natural resources. Studies have revealed that the extensive use of contaminants and modern inputs by commercial agricultural systems have depleted the earths natural resources and caused air, soil and water pollution. In particular, pesticide application has contributed to reduced biodiversity, and farmer-debt, in many developing countries. But these practices have seemingly slipped under the radar in the negotiations. Overall, there has been a severe lack of attention given to the conservation and restoration of the earth's bio-systems to assist food security, particularly in areas of extreme climates. Specifically, express mention of the maintenance of soil fertility a crucial element of sustainable agriculture has been largely avoided only to be moved into desertification texts. Given that agriculture depends on fertile soil, the lack of reference to it is cause for concern.
Why have organic methods and other biological practices not been considered to ensure soil fertility and impacts on biodiversity is addressed?
The MGCY hold that it is not viable to increase agricultural production without addressing how this will impact the earths future yield capacity. If delegates do not seriously commit to alternative methods of production, such as organic or biological practices, it will be difficult to ensure that any action to abandon current industrial systems is taken. After attending many side events on the topic, which identify organic farming as a viable solution not only for long-term food security, but also climate change adaptation/mitigation, soil fertility and water efficiency in areas of extreme drought we are left wondering why this has not been given more attention. It seems like history is beginning to repeat itself. There have been few successes in the integration of environmental protection with achieving food security in the past 20 years. As delegates continue to refer to existing commitments, which themselves have proved disappointing, only time will tell if governments will wake up to the serious action needed to feed a global population of 9.3 billion. Whilst we agree that prior agreements demonstrate achievements made in the past, we stress the need to act on them. Therefore, in hope of achieving a truly sustainable outcome for agriculture, we call on Member States to recognise the inherent link between food security, environmental protection and sustainable agriculture and the need for effective governance to ensure their pursuit
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Food and nutrition security, health and gender equality: Partnerships for climate-resilient sustainable development
Cristina Tirado Public Health Institutes Centre for Public Health and Climate Change
Food and nutrition security, health, gender equality, climate change and environmental degradation, including loss of biodiversity, are all closely interlinked. Climate change and environmental degradation undermine the ability for people to move out of poverty and compromises their human rights. This has a direct impact on the health, food and nutrition security of millions of people particularly women and their children. There are 925 million hungry people in the world and three quarters of all hungry people in the world, some 700 million, live in rural areas. Half of them are farming families, who survive on marginal lands or holdings too small to support their needs, while the other half are landless families dependent on farming, herding, fishing or forest resources, as well as the urban poor. Food and nutrition insecurity and ill health are associated with poverty and gender inequality: 60% of chronically hungry people are women and girls. Furthermore, globally and with few exceptions, rural women fare worse than rural men and urban women and men for every indicator for which data is available. Several factors are critical to countering these challenges: Womens empowerment, engagement and transformational leadership play a critical role in the shift to sustainable and resilient development pathways that ensure global health, food and nutrition security and prosperity. Increasing womens access to and control over productive resources would enable them to increase yields on their farms, leading to increased incomes. Research indicates that an increase in womens incomes translates into improved child nutrition, health and education. A climate justice approach with an emphasis on protecting human rights, participation, transparency and accountability, together with investments in social safety nets and in sustainable livelihoods, can make development more inclusive and equitable. Integrated strategies are needed to address the interlinked issues of food and nutrition security, health, gender equality, climate change and environmental degradation. Stakeholders from different fields have identified successful strategies for addressing the challenges that climate change and environmental degradation pose to food and nutrition security and health. But there is a tendency to address these issues through siloed approaches, which reduces their effectiveness and impact. The future we want should ensure that these strategies are integrated and addressed from a gender and human rights perspective. This calls for effective, transparent and results-oriented partnerships working together to achieve equitable and climate-resilient sustainable development. Multi-sectoral and multi-stakeholder partnerships are critical to promote synergies and to reach common goals on food and nutrition security, health and climate change in the context of Rio+20 and the post-2015 MDG framework. Key priorities must be to protect and build human and social capital, focusing on education, social protection and capacity building; to protect and uphold human rights and to adopt a climate justice approach to these linked challenges; to address gender inequalities and to socially and economically empower women; to support civil society organisations so that they can better interact with the public and private sectors and more effectively engage in policy dialogue with governments; and to build government capacity for joint planning across ministries and sectors. This also requires aligned donor support for cross-sectoral programming and implementation among UN agencies and other stakeholders
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Ideas for how to reverse the failings of the global food system
Carlo Petrini Slow Food International It is evident through the concrete experience of millions of people that there is a model of sustainable development that revolves around food; a new model of agriculture and production that respects both people and the environment, and the knowledge and traditions of local communities.
Preserving agricultural biodiversity is a way to ensure a future for our planet, and humanity as a whole. Combined with climate change, the progressive loss of plant and animal diversity could prove nothing short of disastrous in the years to come. However, it is important to point out that it would be senseless to defend biodiversity without also defending the cultural diversity of peoples and their right to govern their own territories. The rights of people to control their land, grow food, hunt, fish and gather, according to their own needs and decisions, is inalienable. All people should have access to nutrious and fair food, have adequate food from their own natural resources or markets of their choice and have the right to produce their food using traditional practices and cultures. Human wellbeing depends on the universal right to quality food for all. Obesity and hunger are symbols of the failure of a global food system that is based mainly on industrial production and mostly dependant on fossil energy resources. Never before has it been so important to radically change a food system that destroys the environment and the dignity of workers. The reintroduction of local food products is essential to feed our planet. There is growing worldwide awareness that boosting local economies, agriculture and respect for small communities are ways of reconciling ourselves with the earth and nature. Lack of water, loss of soil fertility, unprecedented food waste these are all problems that will remain unsolved if we continue to produce, distribute and consume food under the ongoing system. We need to respect and promote natural and subsistence economies that for too long have been considered inferior to the economy of global finance. We will depend on the sensitivity and pragmatism of women and the wisdom and memory of the elderly, as well as indigenous peoples who hold the key for a more sustainable approach to the right to food. The whole world must prevent land grabbing practices in many regions, especially in Africa, as it is trampling on the rights to food and subsistence of many indigenous and farming communities. The new Rio+20 negotiating text clearly promotes consensus, but it remains far from putting the planet and people before economic growth. In particular, we hope: To see the reintroduction of text to strengthen smallholder farmers access to resources and inputs by 2020; and That the recently agreed text from the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) 'Guidelines on Land' will be afforded stronger wording than encouraged to give to consideration to. During Rio+20, Slow Food is giving visibility to real sustainability experiences both existing actions and those still in discussion. We are supporting the Circuito Carioca de Feiras Organicas of Rio de Janeiro, and greatly look forward to the opening of three farmers' markets (one of which we will open with EU Commissioners Ciolos and Pieblags, FAO Director Da Silva and Italian Environment Minister Clini). The markets will be held from 9am to 1pm, on the following dates: Tuesday 19th June, in Ipanema, Praa Nossa Senora da Paz; Thursday 21st June, in Tijuca, Praa Alonso Pena; and Saturday 23rd June, in Jardim Botanico, Praa da Igreja So Jos da Lagoa and in Bairro Peixoto, Praa Edmundo Peixoto Finally, we have prepared a booklet for the summit with tips on the best places to eat and drink in Rio, from botecos (popular bars) to high end restaurants. The guide, ("Rio de Janeiro - 100 Tips, Slow Food") also presents innovative social projects in the favela communities
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Adoption of an integrated, multi-sectoral community based approach to sustainable rural and impoverished urban development to overcome poverty and ensure that all people's basic human rights and needs can and will be met. Establishment of a global program by the United Nations to support the development of a world wide network of Resource and Service Centers and Training Programs, to ensure that all people have access to clean water and basic sanitation; renewable energy; sustainable agriculture; green building practices; social, educational, and cultural opportunities; preventative health care; ecological restoration; and green jobs.
Health Cluster
Promotion of universal health coverage as an essential foundation for poverty alleviation and sustainable development. Development and promotion of sustainable development policies that foster human well-being and reduce preventable ill-health and deaths from both communicable and non-communicable diseases. Recognition of the relationship between sustainable development and sexual and reproductive health and rights, by guaranteeing access to comprehensive sexual and reproductive health services and supplies
Biodiversity Cluster
Recognition by the UNCSD of biodiversity as an overarching and crosscutting issue in the Rio+20 negotiations.
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ECO Corner
ECO Corner is produced by the cooperative efforts of Climate Action Network members at the Rio+20 Conference
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ECOSOC International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) Brazil UN Women
How research can inform the green economy transition Dicsussion tables with UNEP EU-funded project officers Natural Capital and Economic Development: Bridging or Breaking Peasants Reclaiming our Future with Food Sovereignty and Agroecology UNEP-SEE Joint Event: China Going Green Forum on Civil Society and Green Economy in China Gender Equality for Sustainability Achieving Social and Environmental Goals through Sustainable Public Procurement Towards the constitution of a Supranational Democratic Climate Authority An open roundtable from Rio+20 (Sustainable Development) to Doha (Climate Change) 2012! UNEP LA VIA CAMPESINA - International Peasant Movement UNEP UN Women, UN Global Compact UNEP World Democratic Governance project association, WDGpa
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8.15 - 9.15 am 08:30 17:30 09:00 - 12:30 09:30 18:30 09:30 - 13:00 09:30 - 11:00 09:30 - 11:00 09:30 - 13:00 11:00 - 12:30
Venue
Hotel Excelsior (next to Copacabana Palace Hotel) Fundacao Getulio Vargas Praia de Botafogo, 190 Rio de Janeiro RioCentro Pavilion 6, room 1 RioCentro T-2 RioCentro P3-6 RioCentro T-6 RioCentro P3-A National Confederation of Trade in Goods,Services and Tourism. Av. General Justo 307, Centro 20021-130 UN5 (Barra Arena) UNEP Pavilion UNEP Pavilion National Confederation of Trade in Goods,Services and Tourism. Av. General Justo 307, Centro 20021-130 RioCentro T-5 RioCentro T-6 RioCentro P3-B UNEP Pavilion RioCentro T-10 RioCentro T-10 Cube de Engenharia (Engineering Club) Av. Rio Branco, 124- 18 - Sala 01 Centro RioCentro P3-F
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Briefing: Inside Strategies and Groups, UN Perspective, Mapping Government strategies and inside players Choosing Our Future: Open and Participatory Sustainable Development Governance Workshop #3- Global Major Groups Community Leaders Forum on the Future Women Want: Gender Equality and Womens Empowerment for Sustainable Development UN-Water Day (part1) Energy for All and Global Sustainability: new scenarios and governance Tackling displacement by natural disasters in the sustainable development What is at stake at Rio+20? Recommendations from Brazilian and EU civil society. 6th Meeting of the EU-Brazil Civil Society Round Table Motorcycle Safety at Rio + 20 From Resource Efficiency to Resource Potetial The International Resource Panels finding on Understanding the Hidden Opportunities for People, Planet and Prosperity 21 Issues for the 21st Century: Input to the New and Emerging Challenges Discussions EU-BRICS Civil Society Meeting - Dialogue for Sustainable Development Human Rights at the heart of Sustainable Development - Honouring Principle 1 Defying Disasters: A Tri-Continental South-South Dialogue Putting Green Economy into practice Status Report on the Application of Integrated Approaches to the Development, Management and Use of Water Resources Green economy and inclusive growth for a sustainable future Green economy and inclusive growth for a sustainable future Advancing a Peoples Movement The Global Transition to a New Economy- mapping a green and fair world
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V. Kann Rasmussen Foundation The Access Initiative ECOSOC UN Women UN-Water Stockholm Environment Institute Norwegian Refugee Council EESC and the Brazilian Council for Economic and Social Development (CDES) Ecuadorian Motorcyclists Association UNEP UNEP EESC with Economic & Social Councils & similar institutions from the BRICS countries Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Philippines Switzerland UNEP Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) The widening circle The New Economics Institute
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It seems that until the new forum for sustainable development is set up we will be returning to the CSD cycle, which includes Rio+25 in 2017. So, we thought we would remind governments on what they need to prepare for the next few years.
2016/2017 Rio+25
Now only five years away! If governments do not set up a new forum for sustainable development, then we will be looking at an overall appraisal of the implementation of Agenda 21, the Programme of Further Implementation of Agenda 21, the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation, and the outcomes from Rio+20..so be warned!